The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-16
MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAI--sUNDAY, JANUARY 16, 1887.

oountof and IRA ner aunt IN an so
count, la mixed E1glish and German,
of the days events and lessons. She
has just come across in the reader
description OF Santa Claus driving ovsr
the roofs and is immensely aroused by
the names given 10 the deer. "Donnsr
und bliisen,' mild German profanity,
strikes her as very funny words in
school book, and she rsciles the lines
in great glee for the edifics,ion OF
Aunt Scbl z and TIE big bearded 30.
calists al the tables. A coach dog
that has been dczing behind tbs stove
jumps up and plainly invites the
bouncing ySurg frlulein to frolic,
and away thsy Z, down the room.
Give the dog some WAFER" suggests
Mrs. Schlsg.
"Hs won't drink water" the girl
she's drunken old bum" and sets a
pail OF beer drippings bsf0re him.
Schlag's dog is one OF the features
of the place. He is thoroughly Ger
man in his tastes, and pref5Is beer
and bologna to any other kind OF re-
freshments. But he won't drink fiat
beer, if he kGows it, and shifts con.
temptuously at the pale OF stale drip
plDgs. He wants plenty OF roth, and
ghen the spigot is tuned and the
dip enlivened with little deceptive
foam, he makes away with quart
easily, AID ticks his lips approviBgy
When that dog 10 a little older,
and leanrs to smoke, he will
hsve sll the sccomp ishments at.
tributsd by the cartoonists t. good
ana tch SITS, and may be expec ed II
20 about with can OF dynamite led
to his tail. Tie occupants of toe
table appear to be too familiar with
these ODD es to uestow more than
usual notice npoa the IN. They drink
heir beer, AID gravely discuss a.,
sorts OF
sCHGMRs FOR REFORMING THE WORLD
aud Bb )lishing the P1 ice Department,
and are II To be diverted from their
purpose by etrer the verdiCtI Of CHI
cago aries orthe antics of dissi psted
coacl Dig l. WAS hers at 'chlsg's that
Ms Parsons lived while in New York.
Sac occupied an upstairs room thai
commanded a view If wilderness Of
cloth lines, and made the place her
hesdq nar.ers while leu ,og in this
part Of the couGtry. Scblsg accompa-
MED her on triIs once in awhile and
while waiting for MIN TO get ready, the
wife OF the Chicago leAde would come
aoSn mo The ssioon and sit by the
stove. She was trea ed with crave re-
sp ct and kindly sympathy, and none
intrudsd upon her as she sat there,
wrapped II her own sad thoughts, all
unConsci ous of those around her, Il
was hare that she received the tele-
gram from her husband saying that all
the p fisoners refused mercy. Her eyes
lighted up "a she rose TO her feet and
read the d Dispatch tn her friends.
Good" she said; give always tod
them to demand justice, not mercy"
emphatic approval.
There was nothing forced about the
scane. 1t was quiet natural and
unconscious; but when this dark
skinned woman, worn and weary
with her labors, hollow eyed
and yet not unhandsome, stood
up among the grim bearded Ger
mans and calmly approved her hus-
bands refusal t. accept his lie at the
price Of his beliefs and principles, mis-.
taken though these may be, II was
dramatic. One could not but think
there was something of the lioness
about the woman. Such lie one of the
haunts of the socialists of New York,
and such are the psople one may meet
there.